Link to the website: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/marble/marblemania.html
Math Topic: Probability
Modifications to Lesson: As with most interactives on the web, I will need to model this lesson whole group first.
Other Information: You could use "Gemini Candy" activity prior to this lesson. I think using this Marble Mania interactive tool as an extension would be great!
Submitted by: Amanda Flora, 4th grade
Link to the website: http://education.ti.com/educationportal/activityexchange/activity_detail.do?cid=us&activityid=5172
Math Topic: Students learn to determine the possible combinations of score events to reach a specific score in a football game
Modifications to Lesson: Small groups - each with high, middle, low students
Other Information: This would be good to do at the beginning of the school year during football season.
Submitted by: Carla Ferrell
Describe, extend, and make generalizations about geometric and numeric patterns.
Represent and analyze patterns and functions, using words, tables, and graphs.
Express mathematical relationships using equations.
Represent the idea of a variable as an unknown quantity using a letter or a symbol.
Identify and describe situations with constant or varying rates of change and compare them.
Students investigate the number of chairs that can be placed around an arrangement of square tables. Three related problems in this lesson yield different linear relationships for students to discover.
Learning Objectives
Students will: * Identify and extend a linear pattern involving the number of chairs that can be placed around a series of square tables.
Describe linear patterns using words or symbols.
Assessment Options
Require each group of students to present their findings to the class. Each group could create a poster to explain how they determined the relationship between the number of chairs and the number of tables.
Have students write a letter to the restaurant explaining what they learned.
This lesson prepared by Samuel E. Zordak and submitted by Anita Rowe
"Marble Mania"
Link to the website: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/marble/marblemania.html
Math Topic: Probability
Modifications to Lesson: As with most interactives on the web, I will need to model this lesson whole group first.
Other Information: You could use "Gemini Candy" activity prior to this lesson. I think using this Marble Mania interactive tool as an extension would be great!
Submitted by: Amanda Flora, 4th grade
What's in a Name?
Link to the website:http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L537Math Topic: Mean, Median, Mode, Whisker Plots
Grades 3-5
Submitted by: Donna Goodman, 4th grade, Geneva Kent
Football Scores
Link to the website: http://education.ti.com/educationportal/activityexchange/activity_detail.do?cid=us&activityid=5172Math Topic: Students learn to determine the possible combinations of score events to reach a specific score in a football game
Modifications to Lesson: Small groups - each with high, middle, low students
Other Information: This would be good to do at the beginning of the school year during football season.
Submitted by: Carla Ferrell
Chairs Around The Table
Link to the website: http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L627Math Topic:
This lesson prepared by Samuel E. Zordak and submitted by Anita Rowe